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First Doses of H1N1 Vaccine Administered in US

On Monday October 5th, the fight against the H1N1 virus began as Tennessee and Indiana health workers began publicly administering the new vaccine. There is already immediate concern, however, in terms of the...

created by amyellensoden | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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H1N1 Swine Flu Will Affect One Third of Canadians

At least one in three Canadians will come down with the H1N1 swine flu virus this year and health officials are warning that young, healthy adults are just as much at risk. Nearly two-thirds of Canadians who have been hospitalized and half of those who died had no other...

created by Rob Walker | 2 years ago
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#1 - Influenza Porcina Transferible de los Animales de granjas a humanos

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#1 - Swine flu transferable from factory farmed animals to humans

http://www.infoinfluenzaporcina.com http://suprememastertv.com/es/ Swine flu transferable from factory farmed animals to humans. The combined swine-bird-human flu is causing a global health threat that is...

opinion by infoinfluenza | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Full Text of WHO's Declaration of H1N1 Pandemic: Swine Flu Virus

On Thursday, June 11th, Dr. Margaret Chan, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, issued a statement indicating that enough "scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic" has been met for the WHO to declare Influenza A (H1N1), also known as the swine flu...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Australia Swine Flu Jump Could Signal Pandemic

A sharp increase in people infected with swine flu in Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines could tip the H1N1 virus into epidemic status, said the World Health Organisation on Wednesday. Over 1,200 people have contracted the virus in Australia, four times the amount...

created by Rob Walker | 2 years ago
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Swine flu now in India and Turkey

The Swine Flu has reached India and Turkey with their first cases recorded when the H1N1 virus was detected at the airport screening. A 23-year old passenger from the United States has been quarantine at the...

created by JeffHuang | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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'Swine Flu Party' A Bad Idea: Um, You Think?

Richard Besser, the head of the U.S. CDC, in his infinite wisdom, is warning that having a "swine flu party" to get the A(H1N1) flu virus as a dubious form of protection against a future strain is, well, "a bad...

created by Jarrett Martineau | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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This flu 'pandemic': Mexican pigs in a poke.

"Factory farms....manufacture low-cost flesh, with a side-dish of viruses to go". Johann Hari, The Independent, 1st May 2009. I don't know about you: my picture of how and where this flu virus started was of...

opinion by gerrypopplestone | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Letter Reveals Much About 1918 Flu Pandemic

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Letter Reveals Much About 1918 Flu Pandemic

Rather than look at today’s version of a flu pandemic, which involves hundreds of cases at most, I wanted to find out what it was like to live during the influenza outbreak of 1918 when 50 million people around...